Animator

Animator is a job title from the film industry. The animator is engaged in are carried out with the creation of movies from individual images ( animation), the drawn either by hand, generated on the computer, or with any technique. The former name Animator is gradually replaced by " 2-D animator ," in contrast to the 3-D animator or a computer animator (including CGI animator ). Other common specializations are the puppet animator and the Knetgummianimator.

The art of the animator is to bring the inanimate to life. " An animator is an actor with a pencil " (Art Babbitt ), now supplemented by " or with the computer ". The training to become an animator is now used mainly as a study place in Germany both at state art or film schools as well as at private teaching centers. To be able to animate on paper remains at the base of the profession, later the specialization is to a particular technique or the niche professions within the film industry. The use of computers is provided in each case to, as well as hand-drawn animation is now commonly processed in the computer.

Depending on the studio size and scope of the film project is an animator, a generalist who to animation and camera all dominated by the idea about the character design, or is he a specialist who moved under the guidance of other strange figures. In addition to this character animation for example, there yet the special effects animation, scientific visualization, or the moving visualization in design and architecture. Due to the rapid development in the field of computer animation even people without classical training to work as animators, unless they can show just enough talent or aptitude.